false 3854991 1 It's about time: <I>Mac OS X for Unix Geeks</I> arrives on the scene none too soon for UNIX aficionados who, having heard that the latest editions of Mac OS are based on a UNIX variant, want to see how the platform compares to more venerable versions of the eminently configurable operating system. This book highlights some key differences between the Darwin environment and more conventional UNIXs, enabling people with UNIX experience to take advantage of it as they learn the Mac OS X way of doing things at the command line.<p>This skinny volume neither aims to teach its readers UNIX nor introduce them to the Mac, but rather to show how Apple has implemented UNIX. It's a fast read that assumes--as the title implies--rather a lot of UNIX knowledge. With that requirement satisfied and this book in hand, you're likely to discover aspects of Aqua more quickly than you otherwise would have.<p>The authors spend lots of time explaining how administrative tasks--such as managing groups, users, and passwords--are handled in the Mac OS environment. They document <I>netinfo</I> fully, and call attention to its limitations (like its inability to create home directories for users) by explaining how to do the job on the command line. They also cover C programming in the Darwin universe at greater length than any other book does, providing explicit instructions for such important tasks as creating header files and linking static libraries. A guide to the command line (they call the reference section--groan--"The Missing Manpages") provides good value at this book's conclusion. <I>--David Wall</I> <p> <B>Topics covered:</B> How to get around in Darwin, the UNIX implementation built into Mac OS X. Sections deal with basic maneuvering at the command line, LDAP services, C programming, and graphical user interfaces under Aqua. There's a short section on building the kernel itself, but it's limited in scope. 3900084 18 8 2008 Mac OS X for Unix Geeks total:2|5:1|3:1| 2 8 6 0 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 14:22:11 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 14:22:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 11 11:36:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 11:36:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 05:23:18 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 05:59:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 09 08:59:20 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:14:32 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 08:59:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 16:35:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:35:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 06:27:41 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 06:27:41 -0700 2008